BJP announces LS election in-charges in 23 states & UTS

AMID the possibility of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar quitting the grand alliance and coming aboard, the ruling BJP on Saturday appointed election in-charges and co-in-charges for 23 states and Union territories for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, including Bihar.

- RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR

According to a notification, the party's national general secretary Vinod Tawde will be election in-charge in Bihar, with Rajya Sabha member and former Jharkhand chief Deepak Prakash as co-in-charge.

Similarly, vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda has been made the election in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, while national general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam will handle Uttarakhand.

Rajya Sabha MP and party national vicepresident Laxmikant Bajpai has been appointed as election incharge for Jharkhand.

Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb will be the election in-charge for Haryana, with Surendra Nagar as the co-in-charge.